Visitors to the Haunted Jail Museum are led through both floors of the property where the Historical Commission and their volunteers set up animatronic scares or dress up in ghoulish getups to deliver scares and frights.

The event ran on two weekends in October with the first one being Oct. 20 and 21 and the second one being Oct. 27 and 28. According to Ray McCoppin of the Historical Commission, the event did well this year with nothing impeding its success.

"It's done pretty good," he said. "The weather's been nice."

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McCoppin says this year's Haunted Jail Museum saw a record number of attendees. Although a final number is not known at this time, he says the jail has probably seen anywhere from 500 to 600 people.

The Haunted Jail Museum always brings in new scares to keep the event fresh for its visitors. One new scare this year came from a volunteer.

"The Hansons from Bear Air Conditioning have been volunteering," said McCoppin. "One of them that came was Pennywise."

Pennywise is the main antagonist to the Stephen King novel "It" who takes on the form of a murderous clown that devours children. The character is currently popular due to the release of the "It" film.

According to McCoppin, funds from the Haunted Jail Museum will go to a number of projects such as repairing moisture leaks on some of the buildings in Old Town Coldspring.

"We're also working on painting the school house down there," he said.

Other projects include restoring the 1909 engine and working on the old Jackson General Store.

"We have the Post office, we have the school and we have the train station," said McCoppin. "We're in the process of adding that general store to our village."